Dearest

7.3

Eiji (Ken Takakura) works as a prison officer in Hokuriku. At the age 53 Eiji loses his wife who he loved the most. Eiji then receives a letter from his dead wife which requests that her ashes be spread by in the sea…

Riverside Mukoritta

7.5

Takeshi arrives in a small village in the Hokuriku region. There, he begins to work at a small factory which makes shiokara (salted fish paste). Through the introduction of the CEO of the factory, he begins to live…

Chiba Jiro

Chiba Jiro, real name Maeda Mitsuho, is a Japanese actor. In 1976, he changed his name to Yabuki Jiro. However, from 2006 onward, he went back to using the name of Chiba Jiro.

Hase Naomi

Hase Naomi is a Japanese actress.

Aoi Kuchizuke

A female college student studying at a university in Kyoto from a hot spring area in Hokuriku goes to Kyoto with her high school classmates. . (Source: Japanese = db.eiren.org || Translation = MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted…

Nishimura Kyotaro Travel Mystery 69: Kanazawa ~ Tokyo Satsujin Route 2-Jikan 33-Bu no Wana

Detective Kamei finds himself caught in a dangerous situation when he is mistakenly linked to a kidnapping case aboard the Hokuriku Shinkansen. What begins as an unexpected encounter during his trip to Kanazawa quickly…

Ox-Head Village

6.9

The third film from the Village of Terror series, following on from "Inonaru Village" (2020) set in Kyushu and "Jukai Village" in Fuji (2021). This installment is set at the feared psychic spot of Tsubono Mineral Springs…

Shura no Koya 3: Mayoido

Yuto learns that the younger brother of Kakizaka, the Sakuraba Group’s lieutenant who met an untimely death, has inherited the title of the third-generation boss of the Seichu Group in Hokuriku at the young age of…

Inoue Yoshio

Inoue Yoshio is a Japanese director.

Hiratsuka Chiaki

Yokoyama Mei

Yokoyama Mei is a Japanese actress.

Machida Masanori

Machida Masanori is a Japanese actor.

Nakahara Sanae

Nakahara Sanae was a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She starred in over 80 films and television shows, the most prominent being her role in the films Lady Snowblood (1973), Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (1978), and Day of Resurrection (1980). Her husband was famed Japanese film director Kinji Fukasaku, and her…

Mizutani Kei

Japanese model and actress.

Fukasaku Kinji

Kinji Fukasaku was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the Japanese portion of the Hollywood film Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), yakuza films including the seminal Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973), samurai period pieces such as Shogun's Samurai (1978), and his controversial…

Okita Satoshi

Japanese actor from Osaka.

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 30

Reporter Asami Mitsuhiko travels to Hokkaido for the travel magazine Tabi to Rekishi, researching the history of the Kitamaebune trading ships. While visiting the Hokkai Yoshu distillery in Yoichi, he notices Mitsuidokoro…

AV Jogakuin Angel's Pants Violate School Rules

A banker and a high school girl start a brothel in the snowy countryside of Hokuriko. (Source: Letterboxd)